Maria José Dupré

Maria José Dupré (Sra Leandro Dupré)
Born	1905
Died	May 15, 1984(1984-05-15) (aged 79) Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation	Novelist
Language	Portuguese
Nationality	Brazilian
Period	1938-??
Genres	Novels
Notable work(s)	Éramos Seis (1943)
Notable award(s)	Raul Pompeia Prize (1943)

Maria José Dupré, also known as Sra Leandro Dupré (1905^[1] - 15 May 1984^[2]), was one of the most popular and prolific Brazilian writers of the 1940s and 1950s.^[1]

Early life

Born in 1905 in a small town in the state of São Paulo, Dupré published her first story "Uma Família Antiga de Jaboticabal" ("An Old Family from Jaboticabal") in the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo in 1938.^[1]

Novels

Dupré published her first novel, O Romance de Teresa Bernard ("The Romance of Teresa Bernard"), in 1941.^[1] Her next novel, Éramos Seis, was written in 1943 and praised by writer and critic Monteiro Lobato and became a best-seller.^[1] Chronicling the struggles of a middle-class family in São Paulo, the novel was awarded the Raul Pompeia Prize for best work of 1943 by the Brazilian Academy of Letters.^[1] Dupré wrote Luz e Sambra ("Light and Dark") in 1944, Gina in 1945, and Os Rodriguez ("The Rodriguezes") in 1946.^[1] She published a sequel to Éramos Seis called Dona Lola in 1949.^[1]

Impact

Éramos Seis has been adapted as a telenovela four times, in 1958, 1967, 1977, and 1994.

Later life

Dupré died on 15 May 1984 in Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Sadlier, Darlene Joy (February 1, 1992). One Hundred Years After Tomorrow: Brazilian Women's Fiction in the 20th Century. Indiana University Press. pp. 58–75. ISBN 0-253-35045-X. http://books.google.com/books?id=Bq4ebm46ClMC&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=Maria+Jose+Dupr%C3%A9&source=bl&ots=DPSWVs2SYy&sig=GjKvogwB_Q6cbytNulldZQ0WwOA&hl=en&ei=_xFxS4ifPI_OsQPWjaGtCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ6AEwADgU#v=onepage&q=&f=false. Retrieved February 9, 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Celebrity Death Date : May 15". AbsoluteNow.com. http://www.absolutenow.com/features/deathday0515_1.html. Retrieved February 9, 2010. 

Persondata
Name	Dupre, Maria Jose
Alternative names
Short description	Brazilian novelist
Date of birth	1905
Place of birth
Date of death	1984-05-15
Place of death	Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil